Ken's Blog

This summer I had 6 cases of AFB, this happened to my best hives. It kind of sucks but it's something that happens all the time in the bee business. We use the fall to plan for next spring when all things are possible and nothing bad is ever going happen to your bees. I have discovered that the bee business can go bad really quickly and that you need to be on guard at all times but at the same time there is nothing I would rather do. I plan to go from 30 hives up to 70 in the spring of 2014 this coming spring/summer , saying that there are many things that could go wrong this winter. I believe the steps you take right now can make or break the winter loss problem by having healthy hives going into fall.